AI traffic is slow to vacate the runway

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AI traffic is slow to vacate the runway

Postby FridayChild » Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:57 am

I've installed a lot of AI traffic packages, and thus, wanting to enjoy it the most, I set the AI traffic amount to a fairly high value (70%).
The problem is that all AI traffic is particularly slow in rolling down the runway after touchdown; they almost move at a crawl. The AI ATC keeps on telling them to vacate the runway when able (this in itself is pretty annoying), but most of all, this results in the ATC very often calling a go around. Even when it's not really necessary (I have just returned from a landing in which I had a turboprop ahead of me; I was in the J3 Cub and coming in very slow, so I saw the other fellow vacating the runway well before I was on the threshold... FS9 ATC is very prudential :-/ ).
Please tell me if there is a way to have the AI traffic vacate the runway faster; I'd really appreciate that.
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Re: AI traffic is slow to vacate the runway

Postby Conan Edogawa » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:33 am

During approach, you should reset the AI-traffic, in case you hate it to go aroud (or don't have the time).

Click on Environment and Time Settings (I hope they are called like this in English, I have no idea... german ::)). When the pop-up window comes, you can choose a year or daytime or either not! It doesn't matter. Simply press "OK". Screen's coming back, AI gone. ;D ;D

But I also think they are way tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo slow in taxying. And when the AI 747 touches ground, it stops immediatly for frequency change and also has to care other traffic. The result: The tail of the 747 is still hanging over the runway, the next plane is getting the clearance for TO and crashing into the 747's tail right before rotation.

Annoying things... >:(
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Re: AI traffic is slow to vacate the runway

Postby dave3cu » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:57 am

Two utilities that will help to solve the problem are:

-FS9 Configurator-by Ken Salter-V1.6-one of it's tools allows you to increase the AI taxi speeds.

-AISmooth (AI traffic manager)-by Michael Sanger-V1.11a-helps maintain separation on the final approach by placing AI into holding patterns when things get tight.

Couldn't find either by using 'Search' here (SimV) so you may have to check your alternate sources.

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Re: AI traffic is slow to vacate the runway

Postby FridayChild » Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:33 pm

The first one sounds right on the money. Thanks, I'll try to locate it.

EDIT: it seems to work. I've set the "taxi speed" and "post-landing taxiing" to higher values, and I was able (barely) to land at a busy field without being sent around. Although the ATC still had to prompt the guy in front to clear the runway two or three times. I guess I can play a bit with the values, maybe slow down ground taxiing a bit (it's a bit too fast now) and speeding runway taxiing a bit more.
Thanks!
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